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See the Milky Way glow with the stars of the Summer Triangle above Egypt's Black Desert

Deneb, Vega and Altair are among the brightest stars in the night sky.

Space · Jan 28

Milky Way shines over Gemini South Observatory | Space photo of the day for Jan. 26, 2025

Sometimes astronomers don't need giant telescopes to observe the wonders of the cosmos; they just need to look up at the night sky.

Space · Jan 26

James Webb Space Telescope discovers young galaxies age rapidly: 'It's like seeing 2-year-old children act like teenagers'

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky Way came into being."

Space · Jan 20

3I/ATLAS Mystery Solved: Is it a Comet Or An Alien Spacecraft From The Milky Way?

Is 3I/ATLAS a comet or an alien probe?

International Business Times UK · Dec 20, 2025

Want to see what space really looks like? Scientists just released a stunning new cosmic map

The three-dimensional view will help scientists learn more about the origins of life in the Milky Way galaxy and how the universe’s hundreds of millions of galaxies have changed over time

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2025

Shot with an old Canon 5D Mark III DSLR, this photo captures an astonishing Milky Way arc over a Mount Fuji-inspired landscape

This image by Taiwanese photographer Shang Yao-Yuan shows that you don't need the latest kit to capture the cosmos

Digital Camera World · Dec 3, 2025

NASA's next-gen Roman Space Telescope is surprising scientists with its capabilities. It hasn't even launched yet

When it launches, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be tuned to the frequency needed to measure oscillations on over 300,000 red giants, which will aid in better understanding the planets that orbit them.

Space · Nov 24, 2025

AI helps build the most detailed Milky Way simulation ever, mapping 100 billion stars

A record-breaking number of stars has been mapped by a new model that speeds up processing time while allowing smaller scale events, such as supernova explosions, to be incorporated into the simulation alongside larger-scale galactic processes.

Space · Nov 20, 2025

Rubin Observatory peers into the 'hidden universe' and discovers stream of stars longer than our entire Milky Way

"The discovery of this stream highlights how much is still unknown about the life histories of galaxies, how the hidden universe shapes the realms that we can see."

Space · Nov 20, 2025

Scientists use AI to build the most detailed Milky Way model ever created

Scientists have created the first-ever simulation that models every one of the Milky Way’s 100 billion stars, using AI to run galaxy-scale physics 100 times faster than previous methods.

Euronews · Nov 17, 2025